Drawing on 2010 Korean General Social Survey(KGSS) data, this study attempts to explore
the structural relationships between determinants of Koreans' multicultural acceptability and
examine how the relationships vary by generation. Toward that end, structural equation model
method was employed with special attention to the effect of educational attainment. The results
show that educational attainment does not exert a direct effect on the multicultural acceptability.
However, it does have an indirect effect on multicultural acceptability by attenuating perceptions
of threat of and social distance toward immigrants considerably. On the whole, thus, those with
higher educational attainment tend to have higher multicultural acceptability than those with
lower educational level and the difference is statistically significant. Finally, multi-group analysis
by age reveals that the overall effect of educational level on multicultural acceptability is much
weaker in the older group than in the younger group. These findings imply that expanding
schooling itself may not necessarily lead to higher multicultural acceptability. As such, it is very
important to cultivate students' civic awareness so that they can possess heightened multicultural
acceptability. In addition, for relatively older people, it is important to keep offering
multicultural citizenship education as part of lifelong education.